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An emotional evening in the capital offered support and solidarity to women long isolated by cultural expectations. In a modest hall in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, dozens of Haredi mothers—whose sons serve in the Israel Defense Forces—gathered for what organizers and attendees alike called a historic moment: a rare

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Noach’s Work in a World That Drifted

Categories: Headline / Parsha / Torah October 16, 2026, 9 AM ET The Torah introduces the generation of the Flood with a phrase that feels almost understated: The earth had become corrupt before Hashem, and the earth was filled with chamas. The generation of the…

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Booker T. Washington and the Jews

Categories: Collecting / Arts October 14, 2026, 7 PM ET In the November 20, 1908, correspondence on his Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead exhibited here, Washington writes to Madison Clinton Peters: The importance of this letter can scarcely be overstated. At the time he wrote…

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Counting Hallels & Noahide Mnemonics

Categories: Parsha / Torah October 14, 2026, 5 PM ET As confusing or complicated as that might seem, our Jewish calendar is more so. We have years that have 353, 354, and 355 days. And we have years with 383, 384, and 385 days. This year, 5787, has 385 days – the most…

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Creation, the People of Israel and the Torah

Categories: Headline / Parsha / Torah October 8, 2026, 5 PM ET Rashi explains that the letter beis in the word “Bereishis” means that the world was created for the Torah. The Torah, which preceded the creation of the world, is referred to in Mishlei…

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Shofar Blowing In India

Categories: Lessons In Emunah / In Print September 18, 2020, 12 PM ET Our son Eliyahu Yeshaya, already known to you from previous articles, adores the outdoors. He has a dream to fly to Mongolia which is mostly unspoiled by humans. He wants to…

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A Sukkah I Can Call Home

By Rabbi Yehuda L Oppenheimer October 1, 2026, 9 AM ET The sukkah is a temporary structure, but it is meant to become our home. The Mishna tells us that for seven days, a person should make their sukkah their permanent dwelling and…

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The Why of the Joy of Sukkot

Categories: Headline / Parsha / Torah September 24, 2026, 2 PM ET As I am writing this column, the appropriate greeting to offer you is G’mar Chatima Tova. But since you will be reading these words after Yom Kippur, let me use the more common…